Meet the new Miami Herald CEO Roundtable

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To take the pulse of South Florida's business community, last year we established the Miami Herald CEO Roundtable, a panel of local chief executives. For six months, they graciously shared their opinions on business matters both serious and maddening. Today a new group takes over. The firms the CEO's lead span MIami-Dade and Broward counties. The firms are large and small, firmly established and startups, professional services and retail, publicly held and single-owner — a reflection of our overall business landscape.

Julie Grimes, managing partner of the Hilton Bentley Hotel on Miami Beach and co-founder of the Hospitality Institute in Overtown, which connects Miami inner city residents with opportunities in hospitality.

Dave Seleski, founder, president and CEO of Stonegate Bank, which has 22 offices in southern Florida.

Darryl K. Sharpton, president and CEO, The Sharpton Group, an accounting and consulting firm, serves as chairman of the Public Health Trust Board and is a former board chair of the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority.

Andrew Smulian, chairman and CEO of Akerman LLP, ranked among the top U.S. law firms by U.S. News & World Report, among others.

Gillian Thomas, president and CEO of the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science, due to open its new downtown Miami museum in 2016.

Paco Velez, CEO of Feeding South Florida, an advocacy and service organization dedicated to ending hunger.